Day 4: Maine Arts Assessment Initiative Institute

August 9, 2012

Presentations, questions, next steps

The last day of the 4-day summer institute gave the teacher leaders from the second phase of the MAAI the opportunity to share their ideas for regional workshops. The opportunity was equally valuable for the leadership team and the first phase teacher leaders to learn from the presentations. The topics varied as much as the 20 teacher leaders do in their learning and teaching.

Part of the afternoon was spent on formative assessment “in action” through MLTIs (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) version of Jeopardy. The game was created by Tim Hart who works for Apple with MLTI and the questions were created by the teacher leaders from the first phase. It was a great fun and an example of how formative assessment doesn’t have to be stressful and serious. The categories matched our work for the week: Assessment, Technology, Leadership, and Creativity.

The day concluded with participants providing feedback including their “takeaways”. I’ve included some of the points so you can get an idea of the opportunity that these teacher leaders had and some of what they will take into their classrooms, schools, and regions.

TAKEAWAYS:

The creative process is teachable and assessable.

Lots of awesome arts teachers in Maine.

The MAAI is growing strong.

None of us are as smart as all of us.

Some ideas about sparking creativity.

There is a broad spectrum of understanding w/regard to standards.

Ways of creating digital portfolios.

Different methods that can be used to track progress.

There are many ways to approach delivery of content.

New people and what they’re doing.

Bento (data)

News: Nationally & State.

Creative thinking/problem solving.

SCAMPER

Where we are with Core and National Standards.

How to make the computer talk.

How to engage 30+ people in activities that are fun and they can learn.

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